Sergey Radchenko

@radchenko.bsky.social

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Historian of the Cold War and after. Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor, Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs, Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies.

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I wrote something for the Guardian about Modi's visit to Russia. The optics sucked of course. But I tried to dig a little deeper and see what's at stake: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre....

Why is Modi sucking up to Putin? It’s simple and cynical: China and oil | Sergey Radchenkowww.theguardian.com Building bridges to Russia plays to India’s strategic interest, which is to insert itself between Beijing and Moscow, says historian Sergey Radchenko

A very generous and engaging review of my book, To Run the World, by Brian Stewart. www.thebulwark.com/p/review-rad...

Going to War for Respectwww.thebulwark.com Sergey Radchenko’s history of the Cold War helps us understand Putin’s Russia.

I talk about To Run the World with Stephen Kotkin moderating in a great company of fellow historians. www.c-span.org/video/?53540....

<em>To Run the World</em>www.c-span.org Sergey Radchenko - of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies - talked about the Cold War strategies and policies of Soviet and Russian leaders. The Hoover Institution at Stanford U...

Enormously grateful to Rodric Braithwaite for this deep engagement with my book. As he says, the debate continues. engelsbergideas.com/reviews/the-...

The true sources of Soviet conductengelsbergideas.com The Soviet Union believed that they were manifestly destined to lead the world to a higher future yet that masked a profound insecurity about their status in the international order.

You knew this was coming: www.wsj.com/articles/pre.... I was just about to get on with writing my new book, but couldn't help myself.

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A very generous review of my new book by the inimitable Serhii Plokhy: www.newstatesman.com/culture/book....

Russia’s great-power complexwww.newstatesman.com Whether acting as an adversary or a partner to the West, the Kremlin has long yearned for recognition and respect.

To Run the World is reviewed in the Washington Times: www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/ju....

The Kremlin’s bid for global dominancewww.washingtontimes.com The Cold War, as we are taught, was an existential struggle between two irreconcilable systems: Communism vs. democratic capitalism.

Very excited about this review of my new book by John Lewis Gaddis: www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/why-.... Perceptive in ways that I could only aspire to be. Use this link to order: www.amazon.com/Run-World-Kr....

Why Would Anyone Want to Run the World?www.foreignaffairs.com The warnings in Cold War history.

My new book, To Run the World, is now just $27 on Amazon (US): www.amazon.com/Run-World-Kr..., so a good time to get your hardback copy.

To Run the World: The Kremlin's Cold War Bid for Global Power: Radchenko, Sergey: 9781108477352: Amazon.com: Bookswww.amazon.com To Run the World: The Kremlin's Cold War Bid for Global Power [Radchenko, Sergey] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. To Run the World: The Kremlin's Cold War Bid for Global Power

Happy to see this very generous review of my new book in today's FT. The book is orderable from here: www.amazon.com/gp/bestselle... (USA) or from here: www.amazon.co.uk/Run-World-Kr... (UK).

Glad you like it, Martin!

I've started reading To run the world by @radchenko.bsky.social . Several chapters in, and I have to say that it's an incredible read.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi5s.... Recorded a short video about my sources for To Run the World: the Kremlin's Cold War Bid For Global Power (can be ordered here: www.amazon.com/Run-World-Kr...).

Sergey Radchenko talks about sources for his new book, To Run the Worldwww.youtube.com In this video, I discuss sources I used in my new book, To Run the World: the Kremlin's Cold War Bid for Global Power. The book is available here: https://ww...

To Run the World entered top ten for Cold War history on amazon.co.uk, still behind several great books but steadily climbing. And hmmm, the book is now just over £21, which is not bad for an 800-page hardcover. Order yours here: www.amazon.co.uk/Run-World-Kr....

Some thoughts on Navalny's death. spectator.co.uk/article/russ.... The key point is this. Yes, Putin killed Navalny. But it's *not* Putin alone. It's the ugly subservience of the silent majority. No one but the Russians themselves are responsible for this sad state of affairs.

Russia has died with Navalnyspectator.co.uk It was brave. It was foolhardy. It was almost unbelievable. After his near-fatal poisoning by the Russian Federal Security Service, Alexey Navalny returned to Russia. He was taken away as he disembark...

Did a short piece here for the Spectator on Putin's history lessons in the interview with Tucker Carlson: www.spectator.co.uk/article/tuck....

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Great New Year’s Eve present: @foreignpolicy.com names World on the Brink, my upcoming book with @vermontgmg.bsky.social, as one of the Most Anticipated Books of 2024. Congrats also to @radchenko.bsky.social and other authors on the list!

The Most Anticipated Books of 2024foreignpolicy.com The biggest releases in foreign affairs, history, and economics.

My new book has an actual trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZeM.... Definitely Tom Clancy vibes. Pre-order here: www.amazon.co.uk/Run-World-Kr....

To Run the World Book Trailer Videowww.youtube.com What would it feel like To Run the World? Soviet rulers spent the Cold War trying desperately to find out. Perennial insecurities, delusions of grandeur, and...

Wrote up a lengthy piece on the current state of Sino-Russian relations. Useful for specialists who are interested in slightly deeper dives. theasanforum.org/the-sino-rus...

The Sino-Russian Relationship: It’s Complicated - The Asan Forumtheasanforum.org The Sino-Russian relationship is in the news—big time. The last time the twists and turns of this relationship were followed with such interest and concern in the West […]

Обсуждаю свою новую книгу на Радио Свобода (с Юрием Жигалкиным, на русском): www.svoboda.org/a/zhazhda-vl....

Жажда власти и комплекс неполноценности. Причины холо�...www.svoboda.org Чем руководствовались в своей внешней политике советские лидеры? Зачем Сталину нужна была колония в Африке? �...

Some thoughts on Philip Snow, China and Russia: Four Centuries of Conflict and Concord (Yale UP, 2023) link.medium.com/Orcb6iJWPEb. Had to say this, sorry.

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A great piece here by @shashj.bsky.social on the challenges facing the US as it tries to manage simultaneous crises around the world: www.economist.com/internationa....

Thank you, Martin! I hope you'll enjoy the read!

I’ve been looking forward to this for months now. Can’t wait to (1) read it, and (2) stock it on the history table at the store.

Tomorrow if you are in Vienna: events.ceu.edu/2023-11-13/c...

China-Russia Relations and the War in Ukraine, its Settlement and Post-War Orderevents.ceu.edu

Enjoyed speaking to @kevinrothrock.bsky.social about my new book, "To Run the World". The book, which took 10 years to write, sheds new light on key episodes of the Cold War: the Korean War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Yom Kippur War and many more. meduza.io/en/episodes/....

Pre-order here. www.cambridge.org/core/books/t.... Use this code to get a 20% discount: TRTW20.

As things go from bad to worse in the Middle East, here’s my overview of what Putin is hoping to get out of this, and why, differently from the Cold War, it doesn’t really make much difference this time. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Happy Halloween! Here's Khrushchev with an axe.

A rather grim piece on where we find ourselves in Ukraine: time.com/6329188/ukra....

The proofs are in, it's out of my hands - at last: www.amazon.co.uk/Run-World-Kr....

As relevant as ever.